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Bolus injection
A bolus injection is a dose of a substance given by a single rapid intravenous injection, typically over 1 to 30 minutes, producing an immediate peak plasma concentration.
Bolvaşniţa
Bolvaşniţa (Bolvașnița) is a commune in Caraş-Severin, Banat, Romania, with villages Bolvaşniţa and Vârciorova; known for a Roman-era gold mine and mining settlement 5 km upstream of Mehadia's castrum and 19th-century lignite mining.
Bolyai (lunar crater)
Bolyai is a 102.22 km impact crater on the Moon's far side at 33.85°S, 126.12°E, named for mathematician János Bolyai in 1970, with a mare-basalt floor, olivine exposure, and wrinkle ridges.
Bolzano
Bolzano (Bozen) is the capital of South Tyrol in the Italian Alps, at 262 m in the Adige Valley. Founded as Roman Pons Drusi, annexed to Italy in 1919, it is a bilingual city of about 107,000 with Italian the majority language and strong tourism.
Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem
The Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem is a result of real analysis stating that every bounded sequence of real numbers has a convergent subsequence, proved in original form by Bernard Bolzano in 1817.
Bom Kim (Coupang)
Bom Kim, born Kim Bom-seok (김범석) in Seoul in 1978, is a Korean-American businessman who founded the e-commerce company Coupang in 2010 and serves as its CEO and chairman.
Boma
Boma (Mboma) is a port city in Kongo Central, DR Congo, on the north bank of the Congo River estuary; first capital of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (1886 to 1926/1929), slave-trade hub until about 1868, one of three seagoing ports with Matadi and Banana.
Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape
The Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Sudan, inscribed in 2026 and hosting the Great Nile Migration of about six million antelope.
Boman Irani
Boman Irani (born 1959, Mumbai) is an Indian film and theatre actor, voice artist, photographer, and director of Parsi descent, known for Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., 3 Idiots, Khosla Ka Ghosla, and his directorial debut The Mehta Boys (2025).
Bomani Jones
Bomani Jones, American sports journalist and Emmy-winning podcast host; hosts The Right Time with Bomani Jones (ESPN, then Wave/Playmaker) and HBO's Game Theory; former High Noon and Highly Questionable co-host.
Bomb
A bomb is an explosive device, usually a container filled with destructive material, detonated by impact, fuse, timer, or remote control to cause blast, fragmentation, or fire damage.
Bomb (2025 film)
Bomb (பாம்) is a 2025 Tamil comedy-drama directed by Vishal Venkat, starring Arjun Das and Kaali Venkat, about a dead atheist whose gassy corpse is treated as a divine miracle; released 12 September 2025, distinct from the 2025 DC superhero film.
Bomb (EP)
bomb (stylized lowercase) is the third mini album by K-pop girl group ILLIT, released June 16, 2025 by Belift Lab; five tracks led by "Billyeoon Goyangi (Do the Dance)", first Circle Album Chart number one for the group.
Bomb calorimeter
A bomb calorimeter is a sealed, constant-volume combustion vessel immersed in a water bath, used to measure the heat released when a weighed sample burns in oxygen.
Bomb calorimetry
Bomb calorimetry is a technique for measuring the heat of combustion at constant volume, burning a sample in pressurized oxygen to determine the calorific value of fuels and foods.
Bomb disposal
Bomb disposal, known in military service as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), is the controlled detection and rendering safe or destruction of unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices by trained specialists.
Bomb pulse
The bomb pulse, also called the bomb spike, is the rise and decline in atmospheric carbon-14 from nuclear testing, peaking in 1963 and used to date organic material formed after about 1950.
Bomb shelter massacres on October 7, 2023
Bomb shelter massacres, October 7, 2023: killings of Nova festivalgoers and residents in roadside miklatim shelters along Route 232 near Re'im, Be'eri, and Alumim, where attackers fired and threw grenades into shelters.
Bomb suit
Bomb suit (EOD suit): full-body protective ensemble for military and police bomb technicians, using Kevlar, ceramic/steel/aramid plates, and helmet visors against blast, fragments, and heat; governed by NIJ Standard-0117.01, distinct from lighter demining suits.
Bomba (cryptography)
The bomba, or cryptologic bomb (bomba kryptologiczna), was a Polish electromechanical machine built in 1938 by Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki, and Henryk Zygalski to recover daily Enigma rotor settings.
Bomba (Puerto Rico)
Bomba (Puerto Rico): Afro-Puerto Rican barrel-drum music, song, and dance created by enslaved Africans on 17th-century sugar plantations; distinguished by dancer-led rhythm dialogue with the primo drum, ~16 rhythms, and the batey.
Bomba Estéreo
Bomba Estéreo is a Colombian band formed in Bogotá in 2005 that blends cumbia and tropical rhythms with electronic music, fronted by Li Saumet and Simón Mejía.
Bombardier Aviation
Bombardier Aviation, also known as Bombardier Aerospace, is the Montreal-based business jet division of Bombardier Inc., which entered aerospace in 1986 by purchasing Canadair, then Canada's leading aircraft maker.
Bombardier beetle
Bombardier beetles, ground beetles of the carabid subfamily Brachininae (and Paussinae), explosively spray 100 °C benzoquinone from a two-chamber abdominal gland with one-way valve, catalase, and pulsed ejection.
Bombardier Challenger 300
The Bombardier Challenger 300, originally named the Continental, is a super-midsize business jet built by Bombardier Aerospace of Montreal, designed to fly eight passengers nonstop coast to coast.
Bombardier Challenger 600 series
The Bombardier Challenger 600 series, also known as the Canadair Challenger, is a family of large business jets developed by Canadair from a William Lear design and produced since 1986 by Bombardier.
Bombardier CRJ
The Bombardier CRJ (Canadair Regional Jet) is a family of regional jets built in Montreal from 1991 to 2021 and now supported by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Bombardier CRJ100/200
The Bombardier CRJ100/200, also known as the Canadair CRJ, is a family of 50-seat regional jets developed by Canadair in Montreal, certified in Canada in 1992.
Bombardier CRJ700 series
The Bombardier CRJ700 series is a family of regional jets seating 66 to 78, stretched from the CRJ200 and first delivered to Brit Air in 2001.
Bombardier Global 7500
The Bombardier Global 7500 is an ultra-long-range business jet built by Bombardier of Montreal, certified in 2018, with a range of 7,700 nautical miles and four cabin living spaces.